Gatta Kadhi

Gatta Kadhi

Ingredients

For the Gatte

Gram flour (besan) 1 ½ cup
Red chilli powder (lal mirch) 1 tea spoon
Baking powder pinch
Salt to taste
Turmeric (haldi) ¼ tea spoon
Yogurt (dahi) 3 table spoon
Oil 3 table spoon

For the kadhi

Yogurt (dahi) 1.5 cup
Gram flour (besan) 5 table spoon
Turmeric powder (haldi) ¼ tea spoon
Red chilli (lal mirch) powder ½ tea spoon
Coriander powder (dhania) 1 tea spoon
Salt (namak) to taste
Clarified butter (ghee) 2 table spoon
Cumin seeds (jeera) 1 tea spoon
Mustard seeds (rai) ½ tea spoon
Coriander seeds (Dhaniya) ½ teaspoon
Asafoetida (hing) pinch
Whole red chillies (sabut lal mirch) 4
Bay leaf (tejpat) 1
Kashmiri red chilli (dagi mirch) ½ tea spoon

For Garnish

Chopped coriander

Instructions

  1. Mix baking powder in gram flour and now add yogurt, chilli powder, turmeric, salt and oil in a mixing bowl and make a soft dough, adding a little water if needed.
  2. Divide the dough into four parts. Roll each one between your palms into a long, smooth log.
  3. Bring three cups of water to a boil in a pot. Gently drop the gatta logs into the boiling water and cook four to five minutes, or until they begin to float up to the surface.
  4. Remove the cooked logs from the water and let them cool.
  5. Slice the logs into small pieces. Gatta is ready and set aside.

For Kadhi

  • 1. Mix yogurt and gram flour into a smooth paste. Add turmeric, chilli powder, Kashmiri red chilli and coriander powder to this paste.
  • 2. Pour the ghee into a saucepan over medium heat. Add coriander seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and asafoetida and cook it for 30 seconds.
  • 3. When seeds crack add the whole red chillies and bay leaf. Stir for a few seconds.
  • 4. Pour in the yogurt- gram flour paste and stir for two minutes. Add three cups of water and stir until the gravy comes to a boil. Add salt to taste.
  • 5. Add gatta to the kadhi. Cover and cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Turn off the heat.
  • 6. Add coriander leaves and serve this hot.

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